Tuesday, June 14, 2011

birthday wishlist

My birthday is on Saturday and while I'm always a fan, here's why I think this year's birthday is a big deal:

I will be a quarter of a century old. I will be closer to 30 than 20. Whoa.

It's my last childless birthday. Something tells me it's only going to get harder to enjoy the all-about-me moments.

It could be the last birthday for a while that Andrew will be around, since he'll probably be deployed more than he's home over the next few years. Boo to that.

It's on a Saturday, which means I get to do whatever I want all.day.long.

I took Friday and Monday off to try and use some PTO before Andrew's unavailable, which means we can celebrate over a 4-day weekend. Yesssss.

In honor of my birthday, I decided to show you some things that have been making me smile lately. It's my birthday list, if you will. Because it's my birthday and it's my blog and I can do stuff like this without feeling guilty. Agreed?

Starbucks NYC Architecture Mug. I've only been able to find it on eBay and at $20, I'm wishing that I'd paid $10 when I saw it in a Starbucks while we were in New York this Christmas. I loved it immediately and as silly as it sounds, I've regretted that I didn't get it.

I have to disagree with one comment...birthdays only get SO MUCH BETTER when you're a mom, because life means so much more, and you have someone who truly believes that you hung the moon to spend the whole day with you -- plus at around 2 years old, they're old enough to sing Happy Birthday to you...or at least a close rendition!